The Prophet (S) would lift him tenderly.

The Prophet (S) would lift him tenderly. When the prayer was finished, they (the Muslims) asked him: 'O Messenger of Allah! You are doing to this boy what you do not do to another person?' 'He is my basil,' he replied.” Anas bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah (S) was asked: 'Who is most loved by you from among your family?' 'Hasan and Husayn', he answered.” A'ishah reports that “the Prophet would pick up Hasan and embrace him and say: 'O Lord! This is my son, and I love him.

Love him, and love who loves him.'“ Jabir bin Abdullah says: “The Messenger of Allah (S) said: 'He who pleases to look at the Lord of the Youths of Paradise, let him look at Hasan bin ‘Ali.'“ Ya'la bin Murrah says: “We went with the Prophet (S) to a feast, to which we were invited. We ran into Hasan (as) who was playing near the road. The Holy Prophet (S) went ahead of the people hurriedly, and put out his hand to the boy.

Then he pretended to pass by Hasan one time on his right hand, and another time on his left hand, to make the boy laugh. Then he approached him. He put one hand on his neck and the other on his head. Presently he embraced and kissed him. Then he said: 'Hasan is from me and I am from him.

Allah loves whoever loves him.'“ Al-Ghazali in his book, Al-Ihya' (Revival), reports that the Prophet (S) had said to Hasan: “You resemble me in my appearance and disposition.” [^4] This is only a small number of the narratives about Imam Hasan (as).

He who wants more should refer to: Yanabee al-Muwaddah (Springs of Love), by al-Qandoozi al-Hanafi, Fada'il al-Khamasah min al-Sihah al-Sittah (Outstanding Merits of the Five Persons from the Six Authentic Books of Hadith), by al-Firoozabadi, Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Tadhkirat al-Khawas (Reminder of the Pious), by Sibt Bin al-Jawzi, etc.

Through the Holy Qur'an, the Prophet's sunnah, and the many books of authentic ahadith, the exalted position of the Prophet's beloved grandson, Imam Hasan, becomes undeniable. [^1]: This tradition was reported by Muslim in his Sahih (Authentic Book of Tradition), al-Tirmidthi in his Sahih, al-Nisa'I in al-Khasa'is (Characteristics), al-Tabari in his Qur'anic exegesis, and others, Sahih Muslim mentions it in the 4th volume, No. 2424, through A'ishah, in a slightly different wording.

For more details, refer to: al-Firoozabadi, Fadha'il al-Khamsah fi al-Sihah al-Sittah (Outstanding Merits of the Five in the Six Sahihs). [^2]: Dhakhar'ir al-Uqba, p.25.